Russia sees US ‘hand’ behind protests
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denounced “anti-Russian sentiment” in Georgia.
Georgian opposition party supporters hold posters of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a rally outside the parliament in Tbilisi on March 9.
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The Kremlin said on Friday it saw “the hand” of the United States behind the “anti-Russian sentiment” at the origin, according to it, of the demonstrations which have shaken Georgia, a neighboring Caucasian country of Russia, for several days.
Referring to a statement Thursday from New York by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili supporting the protesters, the Kremlin spokesperson stressed that she is “addressing her people not from Georgia, but from America”. This is a sign that “someone’s clearly visible hand is trying to provoke anti-Russian sentiment”, added Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Parliament revokes the law
Georgian deputies on Friday rejected a controversial bill, denounced as a copy of a draconian Russian law on “foreign agents”.
During a session in parliament, 35 deputies, out of the 36 voters, refused the text at second reading, when it had been adopted on Tuesday at first reading, sparking a movement of protests and a series of Western condemnations.
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